Hey! It’s “Attention-Whore Awareness Week”!!
Posted By: Ms. That Girl | February 23, 2010 | 5 comments
Every morning it’s the same routine: get up, make some coffee, pop an Adderall, and skim over the newspaper just so I can say I did if anyone asks. Usually, I really only read the marriage/engagement announcements just so I can be like “Ew, really?”, but this past Sunday, something else caught my eye. Apparently, we are in the midst of “Eating- Disorder Awareness Week”. Ha.
So now, I’m apparently expected to fast for Lent, celebrate Black History, AND acknowledge that people have eating-disorders. However, I prefer to not give a shit. I mean, I’ll TRY to give up meat on Fridays only because Jesus is my rolldog. But other than that, I’m not black sooooo…yea. Believe me, I do know that black people have stuggled through a bunch of shit and I am genuinely glad that they’ve overcome so much of it. And I guess I can give them props for providing me with the word “rolldog.” But I really don’t need a whole month to express that. As far as eating-disorders go, this week is nothing special because I have always been aware that there are crazy people out there who take their problems out on food. But I do have a few things to say about it.
First off, I’d like to ask all the people with eating-disorders if they truly understand just what food is. Food is fucking nutrition. It is essential to a healthy lifestyle and you are crying because you don’t know how to live one. Ummm. Maybe you could eat? But the fact that you chose not to says to me that you are pretty much indulging in your pain. You apparently like it, so why the FUCK should I feel bad for you for a second, let alone a week? I do believe strongly in mental illness and wish I could help people who suffer from it, but when it’s self-inflicted, you’re on your own.
This question is for the anorexics: do you have any idea what that thinly sliced half-an-apple would mean to a child in Somalia who hasn’t eaten in 3 days? How selfish of you to be disgusted by it. You should be thankful that any type of food you could ask for is available to you. But of course not because you think you’re fat, when in actuality, everyone around you whispers about how sick you look. For the bulemics: you’re even worse. At least the anorexics leave the food to be eaten by someone else. You eat it, and then turn it into vomit, leaving it inedible for anyone who could’ve used that hamburger just to sooth the pain in their stomach. You waste something that could’ve saved someone’s life by sitting down to dinner and then excusing yourself, as if everybody doesn’t know what you’re doing. You do it because you think your fat, and that’s the easiest way to fix it. You should try to find the easiest way to fix your sunken eyes and yellow teeth. Oh, and by the way? Your spine’s showing.
Obviously, I’m pretty bewildered by all this. Even more astonishing to me, however is what I learned a few weeks on Tyra (Listen. I don’t know why, ok?), and that is something called “Drunkorexia”. The idea of this is to barely eat, if at all, throughout the day so that you can go out drinking and not have to worry about the calories. Sounds like a good idea, right? Haha. Unfortunately, the problem lies in how “drunkorexics” go out and get completely annihilated and make total asses of themselves on the regular. That’s why they have to go on Tyra and be like “Waahhhh, why does everyone always make fun of me?? It’s because I’m fat, isn’t it!!”… Ok, so I’m kinda of embarrassed to say, but after watching, I actually did try it one day because I was curious about how many drinks it would take to get drunk, and because I’m just twisted like that. Let me tell you- never. the fuck. again. I got so bombed that I fell, and when I tried to get up, my body just wouldn’t walk forward- only in reverse until I fell again. In front of alot of people. AWESOME. And people do this on purpose to lose weight so people will like them! I guess they don’t realize that this liquid diet bloats the shit out of their face and kills brain cells left and right. And no one likes a dumbass.
You know- when you get down to it, body image is a really serious issue. It could absolutely be affected by peer pressure, the media, a traumatic event- pretty much anything. Most of the time, it is characteristic of some sort of depression, which should be treated. But if you have an eating disorder, and you know it’s a problem, and you don’t try to get help for it- I do not need to be made AWARE of your situation. You’re either seriously fucking whacked and don’t want to do anything about it, which is not my problem- or you want attention, which is pathetic. Pick one.
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J.M.B March 30, 2010 at 6:47 pm
you also arent 115 lbs to begin with. and if you are…we’re gonna hafta discuss that privately.
Steel Tip March 30, 2010 at 6:37 pm
My only argument is about the liquid diets… they work great for me when I need to drop 20 lbs in two weeks.. not bloating of the face and my pants fit in time for a wedding that I probably had 3 months to exercise for!
Lana February 24, 2010 at 11:56 pm
I actually blogged about Attention Whores a couple weeks ago on my blog http://www.lanas20something.blogspot.com
Here is the link to that actual blog…
“Digital vs. Human + Attention Whores?” http://lanas20something.blogspot.com/2010_01_24_archive.htmlLet me know if you need writers! lol
Aaron February 24, 2010 at 3:43 pm
What about us fatties who eat too much to ease the pain of existing?
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